35
Registros censales
6
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 11
- Hogares
- 3
- Personas
- 24 +118.2%
- Hogares
- 3 0%
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Addergoole is a small townland located in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, situated within the barony of Upperchurch. The townland forms part of the rural landscape characteristic of central Laois, an area dominated by agricultural land, modest woodlands, and the rolling terrain typical of the Irish midlands. Like many Irish townlands, Addergoole is a relatively modest settlement with scattered houses and farmsteads dispersed across the countryside, reflecting the dispersed settlement pattern common throughout rural Ireland. The landscape around Addergoole is primarily pastoral, with fields used for grazing and tillage forming the backbone of the local economy and visual character.
Addergoole, like most Irish townlands, has historical roots extending back through centuries of Irish settlement and land use. The townland system itself dates to medieval times and represents ancient divisions of land that have remained remarkably consistent into the modern era. The area would have been shaped by successive waves of Irish history, from early Christian settlement through the Anglo-Norman period and into the modern era. As with much of Laois, the region experienced the transformations brought by the Tudor and Stuart plantations, though Laois remained predominantly Irish in population and culture.
The primary significance of Addergoole today is as part of the lived landscape of rural Laois, supporting farming families and contributing to the preservation of Ireland's countryside character. Townlands such as Addergoole serve as important geographic and cultural markers within Irish communities, maintaining local identity and serving as reference points for residents and their connections to place. The townland remains largely agricultural in function, with its significance rooted in its role as a working rural community rather than in any particular historical monument or event of wide renown.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Eadargúil
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Baronía
Clarmallagh
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
2 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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